River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-18


Ialf ceutury 40 there lived on a
Hatn. tie oId town II Edinburgh Helen
Msr-,len. miniature portrait painter
who va, not appreciated hy the public.
None If tHe ueighbor~ knew any
thing definite about her except that she
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past life rs written Tine little they
NH kn9W II her belonged altogether 10
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t.aH and 8 aii'i0~toti- one iooAea
younger TIM size really Wa. being one
ii ,h.s-,. women who retain look Of
.,frsb...I far n,.,,.y year. and there
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"h LIST SWEET afoW EYES, anu IN sir 81
-Ubdu,d patient -adne~- about her
which told II MANY uournful expert
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perhaps, i"f Gossip. anu whose windows
booked iut" Ms Mar-dyn'~ vas deter
minced t1 ct acquainted with her Il
would d8tle poor thing nn end II good.
~hc Thought is run over sometimes and
have L cup If tra and some buttered
toast with hs.r. not ID speak Of little
cheerful conversation and i game at
erfabay. aftrrwar.l. is conclude ii o
o.clesE precisely with toasted cheese
ami Edinburgh ale.
Ii wa- ii vain THAT Miss Mar>eien.
~hr.pEfu.eapd tfuiid +. / sensitive plant.
trs.J r. Withdraw from fhi. homely
ba-nff..Iffy. Nj saunders was Il
van,..f, accustomed Is manage. Others
ana Il B.ty, III own v..g. ami -he would
not h. denied Miss Mar~,lrn must 70
over ami spend lh.. evening with her:
and Mis- Maf~,l.l lit last with deep
drawn -Iyh III F.~iuuatiou. put aside her
palette and brushes. -moothed her back
turf- fas4E atf tin. Fao... linen wrapppr
which -h, v,r.. II her work. and went
over 1. AIr- S.under III the plain worn
black dress iii which she constant
Ii appeared
.-Ha- She III ather3' thought the
good IadN. .lt really seems 20: md
Vet. II. rail-. Ii ,i.,- hot natter-,hc Is
" CHARMING ami la such sweet. pr,.t. \
that ous. thinks. and not IF her dress ut
all-ouly II her and of her history.
What usl earth cstu il be2,
Mrs Saunders pou,lyr,-d that 4ue~-
ton i .,,ad ueal Is she SIT npp+ lie
her p.tEe. gentle visitor. and poured out
tile te5 for her and helped her o. toast
aud e-tRp
Ger tilt. lir~t evening. with IL half
conscious restraint. VA, over. and tine
lee little broken. Miss Mar-lcn often
found her way ii the same friendly
drawin- raam. and drank tea. and did
Ecr be~l tl relish the buttcred toast
AMI tie little piles If cakes. and grew
really t. Iike tine Old ladys ~hrewd.
sensible. talk. which wa new pruSv.
ana something's fulI If interest. e,peci-
AT. when H ,Ilvrreed. IL il often did.
!. her +. ,>r..rf.rce-. IL the habit,
ard cu-.om- if her youth. and II
events Af.ch took place when her
4-TyeIf-t,nt.f only 4 baby II arms.
Mr. saunders hs-tur, Wa i common
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.ip.,l.. tri.l- ard + -af,. ami Guarded
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.I5.t IN 81. r.fa,y. nor did the widow
vf.b thar II -aaufd She liked to talk.
ma with thc ytrrulity # old age. -hc
soon made It'll -llcat companion mis-
fr,.-- 81 Hi E,r pa-t. III the course Of
II .u,. NJ tg,.. evenings Helen Mar~,lcn
Lrrv F.,,, .tad wher, and when the
49, f,rf..,.t,..I lIr. Saunders had died.
n tr,.#vasfrb.. E.,.I n5...l,. th.. property
E.l,.,f f.tt ..u1 th.. tptaiIut If fortune
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